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Lütfiye Varoglu; Ayhan Yilmaz; Senol Sen – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2024
The examination of students' motivation towards lessons is an important aspect of educational studies. The constructivist approach significantly impacts the improvement of students' motivation. The present study aims to examine the use of the 5E learning model with concept maps to support students' motivation and compare the 5E approach and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Chemistry
Sampermans, Dorien; Reichert, Frank; Claes, Ellen – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2021
Teachers are key agents in the political socialisation of adolescents. Therefore, knowledge about teachers' beliefs concerning citizenship is essential, as these beliefs likely relate to how educators socialise young people via preferred modes of teaching. Studying the link between teachers' citizenship norms and associated teaching styles can…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Styles
Kim Wright; Hersh C. Waxman – Educational Studies, 2024
The growth of a STEM-focused economy has intensified the focus on developing kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) students' STEM competencies and on the STEM practices of K-12 STEM teachers. The present study utilised secondary analysis of nationally-representative STEM teacher survey data to examine the ways in which middle grades teachers'…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Practices, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Lone K. Svarstad; Karen Risager – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2024
This article presents a model of intercultural learning that may be used in the planning and implementation of citizenship education in foreign/second/world language teaching. The Cycle model of intercultural learning aims at the development of global citizenship and comprises four phases: noticing, comparing, reflecting and interaction. Among the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning
Schulz, Wolfram; Fraillon, Julian; Losito, Bruno; Agrusti, Gabriella; Ainley, John; Damiani, Valeria; Friedman, Tim – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2022
The purpose of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is to investigate the changing ways in which young people are prepared to undertake their roles as citizens across a wide range of countries. This assessment framework provides a conceptual underpinning for the international instrumentation for ICCS 2022. It needs to…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Context Effect, Guidelines, Course Content
Walker, Ryan; Clary, Renee M.; Wissehr, Cathy – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2017
Environmental education (EE) facilitates students' scientific and environmental literacy, and addresses content areas including sustainability, ecology, and civic responsibility. However, U.S. science content compartmentalization and EE's interdisciplinary nature historically made it a fragmented curriculum within U.S. schools. To gain a better…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Teaching Methods, Ecology
Parr, Judy M.; Gadd, Murray – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2018
Writing is a demanding, multidimensional process that is, cognitively and socially, highly complex. Success in writing is vital to success in education and in the workforce. Writing is increasingly used to demonstrate learning through schooling and has the potential to contribute toward understanding and learning in the content areas. The project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
Avery, Marybell; Rettig, Brad – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2015
This article focuses on the grade-level outcomes to be assessed on middle school (grades 6-8) physical education. Specifically, the article describes how to teach basic tactics and strategies while applying fundamental movement patterns to the various game and movement categories (invasion, net/wall, target, fielding/striking, dance/rhythms, &…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Teaching Methods, Physical Education, Grade 6
Gradwell, Jill M.; DiCamillo, Lorrei – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2013
Historical simulations are often criticized for being superficial, reinforcing negative stereotypes, and skewing students' view of history. Simulation critics argue if inexperienced teachers implement simulations, they may adversely influence students' psychological development, especially if students take roles as perpetrators or victims.…
Descriptors: Simulation, Teaching Methods, Middle School Students, Grade 8
Karademir, Yavuz; Demir, Selcuk Besir – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The aim of this study is to ascertain the problems social studies teachers face in the teaching of topics covered in 8th grade TRHRK Course. The study was conducted in line with explanatory sequential mixed method design, which is one of the mixed research method, was used. The study involves three phases. In the first step, exploratory process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Middle School Students, History Instruction
Reimers, Fernando M.; Ortega, Maria Elena; Cardenas, Mariali; Estrada, Armando; Garza, Emanuel – Journal of Social Science Education, 2014
In spite of the fact that public schools were established to prepare students for citizenship, the alignment of teaching practice with this goal is poor. In part, this is because the knowledge base about the efficacy of curricular and pedagogical approaches in supporting specific civic outcomes is limited, as is our knowledge about the extent to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Low Income, Generalization
Mistretta, Regina M. – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Teacher education and professional development prepare teachers with up-to-date knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for effective teaching. To sustain this, however, hinges on continued professional learning within schools. Research shows that establishing long-term conditions that allow teachers to learn continuously from one another…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Communities of Practice
Kong, Stella; Hoare, Philip – Language Teaching Research, 2011
This article reports a study of aspects of pedagogy that can bring about students' cognitive engagement with academic content and, thus, use of the academic language in content-based language lessons in three middle schools in Xi'an, China. Two criteria--academic content level and depth of processing--were used to determine cognitive content…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Academic Discourse, Middle Schools, Foreign Countries
Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy – NASSP Bulletin, 2012
School improvement efforts often focus on students who perform below grade level. These improvement efforts typically focus on improving instruction, often through a framework and professional development. The question remains, how do students who are gifted and talented respond to this type of instruction? We observed 48 students in their…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Small Group Instruction
Darling, Gerald – Science Scope, 2012
In eighth grade, students usually learn about forces in science class and linear relationships in math class, crucial topics that form the foundation for further study in science and engineering. An activity that links these two fundamental concepts involves measuring the distance a spring stretches as a function of how much weight is suspended…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Fundamental Concepts, Grade 8, Motion
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